Choosing which materials to use for a cleanroom construction is increasingly complex due to the wide variety of options now available.
The ‘jungle’ is fraught with imitations of the ‘real deal’.
Making that crucial decision on the materials and elements to be used in the construction of a cleanroom, one needs to keep in mind the specific requirements and working conditions of each area to be dealt with. Mistakes can be costly.
Only through appropriate design will the cost of any installation be optimised and the resulting facility provided with long-term safety and quality standards that meet user’s requirements. It’s a specification environment that’s exacting as it is technically challenging and only a small number of companies like Connect 2 Cleanrooms, a UK-based global company specialising in cleanroom design and manufacture and international flooring and wall protection specialists Gerflor who really make the cut.
It is very important to be aware of the contamination levels and limits in cleanrooms and clean environments. Building materials, such as floors, used in cleanrooms also make up a large contribution to the levels of cleanliness. With this in mind, several rigorous standards are determining not only the design, but the way cleanrooms are used.
Connect 2 Cleanrooms is an award-winning industry leader, creating modular cleanroom solutions for critical environments, both in the UK and internationally. The company designs and manufactures panel, hard and soft wall cleanrooms in-house and delivers quality cleanroom solutions to meet the ISO 14644-1 standard required. Its consumables division, Cleanroomshop.com, supplies a full range of consumables, equipment and furniture to the cleanroom industry worldwide.
Darren Brackwell, Operations Manager, Connect 2 Cleanrooms commented: “Gerflor provides fantastic solutions for Connect 2 Cleanrooms as they are designed to minimise particle retention which is absolutely essential for all cleanrooms.” He also adds: “Jigsaw fixing eliminates gaps in the floor meaning the floor has excellent coving facilities to ensure a seamless edge with a wall or corner and is also available with connecting profiles. The flooring is non-slip and inhibits particle retention.”
Connect 2 Cleanrooms as a company are committed to providing engineered or supply solutions for mission critical environments. Not just for issues of today but to reduce risks of occurrence in the future.
They have 12 years of history, over 600 cleanrooms installed and more than 4,000 customers. So they’re not the ‘new kid on the block’. Any supplier/client partnership worth its salt is based on trust and delivering quality at all times.
Andy Sedman, Technical Services Manager, Gerflor UK commented: “Connect 2 Cleanrooms are the perfect partner for Gerflor as they are a "one stop shop" for the supply of cleanrooms and accessories.”
Andy goes on to further add, “their Rapid Room Range which is an off the shelf offering is designed as an entry level, simple cleanroom to gain a quality of air in a smaller environment. It’s very easy to assemble, in fact it only takes 30 minutes to install. Part of their offer with this system is the supply ofour GTi tiles which the end user can install themselves very quickly and can be used with both entry level cleanrooms and bespoke modular cleanrooms, it really depends on the customer requirements.”
They also have state of the art cleanrooms for the pharmaceutical industry where particulate control is the client’s main concern. This is where Mipolam Bio-Control is specified for use by Connect 2 Cleanrooms as they are safe in the knowledge that Bio-control has been tested to the relevant industry norms”.
In addition to the above Connect 2 Cleanrooms can design bespoke modular cleanrooms and work closely with clients across the globe in all sectors including electronics, energy, engineering, healthcare, laboratory and the pharmaceutical industry.
Andy Sedman concludes, “Connect 2 Cleanrooms continue to grow year on year with numerous UK and International contacts and their business model and their professionalism makes them the perfect partner for Gerflor in this niche market.”
Gerflor provides customized solutions to the specific needs of clean rooms with their products being developed to be fully compliant with the standards and requirements for controlled contamination and extreme chemical resistance. Very plainly put in a somewhat intricate and niche marketplace; Gerflor floors are watertight, resist high traffic and are easy to install, with a myriad of corner and coving solutions available to suit a vast swathe of applications.
